Improvement in hose-pipes



'JACOB EDSoN, or BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 96,682,

dated November 9, 1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN HOSE-PIPES.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JACOB EDsoN, of 132 Gom mercial street, Boston, in the -county of Suffolk, and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement on Hose-Pipes; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact desvription ot' the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure l is a side view;

Figure 2 is an end view, seen from Z, tig. 1; and

Figure 3 is a longitudinal section overthe line X-Y on tig. 2.

To enable others skilled in the art to use and make my invention, I will proceed with the description of the construction and operation of the same.

My improvement ouln. se-pipesrefc1s to an arrangement whereby a great amount of unnecessary friction of the water that passes through such a pipe is avoided, and the jet of water cut clean, so' as to gain a longer throw with the same amount of power than is commonly gained.

My invention may also, with advantage, be used on pipes and nozzles for fountains, or similar purpose, where water is thrown by force through a pipe.

a is the part of the. pipe that ,connects to the hose.

This part has a recess for the reception of a ring, b, that is allowed to play freely around the pipe.

'.lo this ring, and in one piece with it, are cast two handles cc, that join together at e, and join to the ring b atc c' c", for the purpose of obtaining great strength, combined with lightness, to the ring and handles.

An adjustable ring, ll, screws over the pipe, and servesy for the purpose of holdingr the ring b .in its proper position, so that it may be tightened or loosened, as the case may require.

The part eis represented as being wound with cord, for the purpose of non-conducting the cold from the water that passes through to the hands of the operator.

A leather packing, f, serves for securing a perfectly tight joint between the respective parts e and g.

h isthe end, or nozzle, which 'screws over the part y, and may be taken away, and another, larger or smaller, substituted, as the case may require.

Havingthus described the outside arrangement, I will now proceed with the description of the internal construction, iig. 3.

4 At i is a thread, cut for the coupling to the hose, when required for use. -f

-Entering further in is a projecting flange, k, with sharp, slanting edge, whiehcuts the water clean', and allows the jet to pass freely through the larger space l, beyond.

At in the pipe is again reduced with a sharp, slanting edge, which again cuts the'watel', and allows it to pass freely through the larger space n beyond.

'.lhe pipe is again reduced at o, and lastly at p, where the edge is made with a similar sharp slant, as already described at Land m.

My object in thus reducing the pipe is to compress the jet of water, and cutting' it clean by going through the sharp-edged rings, whereby 1 lessen a great amount of the friction that usuallyis a great hindrance to the tlow of the water in common hoseepipes.

Having thus described the operation and construc tion ofI my above-named invention,

I wish to secure by Letters Patent, and claim#- 1. The handles c c, joined together at c, and tothe ring b at c' e c, in combination with the ring d, for the purpose set forth.l

2. The rings` k and 1n, one or more, with sharp edges, and larger spaces beyond, in the body ofthe pipe, for

the purposel of cutting the jet of water sharp and clean, as set forth.

JACOB EDSON.

Witnesses:

ALBAN vGr. ANDRN, J. A. Sivamrspen. 

